I tried a tin of Companion Flake because I like natuaral virginia tobacco's .This certainly is not one ,it is quite heavely cased with a flavuor I cannot describe and could not enjoy .Companion is one of the few tobacco's I could not finish and ended up giving away .It is a nice looking flake ,not too moist and no tongue bite ,but a natuaral tobacco it is not .Now Dan Tobacco's fairly new St Bernard is another story .A great flake